Differences by ancestry in sociodemographics and risk behaviors among Latinos with AIDS. The Supplement to HIV and AIDS Surveillance Project Group.
To describe differences by ancestry, we interviewed 1,785 self-identified Latinos who have been reported to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome from 12 state or local health departments. Central American men and women were the least acculturated group: > 90% were born outside the USA, and more than half answered the questionnaire in Spanish. Overall, except among Puerto Ricans, male-male sex was the most common mode of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. Among persons born in the United States, a similar proportion of Puerto Rican women (52%) and Mexican women (47%) had injected drugs; however, Puerto Rican men were more likely (p < 0.008) to have injected drugs (51%) than all men (31%). These differences by ancestry should be taken into account when providing HIV prevention and treatment services to Latinos.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology